Papers of Thomas Forwood
MSS 090
Collection Title
Papers of Thomas ForwoodCollection Identifier
MSS 090Inclusive date(s)
1778 to 2005Extent and Medium
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Subject: Terms(s)
Subject: Person(s)
Subject: Service Unit(s)
Administrative / Biographical history
Lieutenant Thomas Forwood was born on 24 August 1763 in Plymouth, Devon and died at the age of 58 in Tiverton in 1821. He was the third of four children of Lieutenant Thomas Forwood (1734-1781) and Faith Friend (1739-1827).
At 13 Thomas the younger joined the navy as midshipman, serving with his father on the Foudroyant (22 January 1777-8 August 1778). He was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant on 8 August 1778, and 1st Lieutenant on 8 January 1781, serving on the Three Brothers (1779-1780), Ailignte (1781-1782), Cambridge (1782-1786), Standard (1787-1788) and Impregnable (1788). On 12 December 1788 he was honorably discharged on half pay following an altercation involving another officer.
Forwood married Martha Lugger in December 1791, moving from Plymouth to Southwark in London, where he established an accountancy practice. The couple had 14 children, including Dr Frederick Forwood (1808-1882), who studied medicine at St Bartholemew's Hospital, London before migrating to Adelaide in 1853, and whose papers are held in the collection of the State Library of South Australia at PRG 801.
Further information on the descendants of the Forwood Family of Kent can be found on the family history website at http://airgale.com.au/forwood/index.htm.
References:
Goodman, Keith Douglas-Nash. Forwood: a family history from 1588 to 2000. http://airgale.com.au/forwood/index.htm retrieved 1 May 2019
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
Two Commissioning Warrants for Lieutenant Thomas Forwood, 1778 and 1781, and one compact disc containing photographs of the Forwood Family in Australia.
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Access: Open Access
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
Copying: Copying of material for private study and research is approved
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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.